Smith & Jones is a money management firm specializing in fixed-income securities. One of its clients gave

Question:

Smith & Jones is a money management firm specializing in fixed-income securities. One of its clients gave the firm $100 million to manage. The market value for the portfolio for the four months after receiving the funds was as follows:

End of Month	Market Value (in millions)
1	$ 50
2	$150
3	$ 75
4	$100

Answer the below questions based on the above table.

(a) Calculate the rate of return for each month.

(b) Smith & Jones reported to the client that over the four-month period the average monthly rate of return was 33.33%. How was that value obtained?

(c) Is the average monthly rate of return of 33.33% indicative of the performance of Smith & Jones? If not, what would be a more appropriate measure?

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